ArticlePaediatrics & child health2026
Trends in self-harm visits to the emergency department among children and youth before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta: An interrupted time series analysis.
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- Trends and methods of emergency department visits related to suicide attempts in adolescents: a 16-year retrospective observational study (2010-2025).European journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
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Objectives: This study aims to describe and compare the rate of self-harm visits to the emergency department (ED) among children and youth in Alberta, before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Data from 2010 to 2022 were obtained from administrative databases held at Alberta Health Services, which capture all ED visits across Alberta. An interrupted time series was implemented using autoregressive moving average models. Results: Findings indicate a step decrease in self-harm visits at pandemic onset (-2.94 patients per 10,000; Conclusion: Overall, findings indicate that the rate of self-harm visits following the onset of the pandemic did not differ from that which would be expected based on the upward trend in the 10 years before the pandemic, and this finding was consistent when stratifying by sex, age, and rurality. There was a significant reduction in self-harm visits at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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